The Portland daily press., 1887-03-16

Rich, Russell, Sargent, Simpson, Weymouth~I8'
Ndresd ABSENT Or OR NOT YoTING-Flint, Heath, Lord,
with Lord; Norcross, mo" paired with Phair.
Capital Punishment.
The House dealt with the bill to abolish
capital punishment very energetically this
forenoon. There was but one speech, and it
was good one. Representative Engel of
Bangor made it, Mr.. Engel said thai the
Legislature Of Maine abolished capital pun
ishment in 1876, and restored it seven years
| later, in 1888. During that period of seven
| years, when there was no death penalty,
| there were but twenty-feur murders in
Maine. During the four years since the
| death penalty has been restored there have
been thlrty-seyen mu rders in Maine. Mr..
Engel painted In vivid colors the barbarities
OF capital punishment, the danger of hang
ing innocent persons, and cited the case of
| Robert Sproule, the native of Maine, who
was recently hanged in British Columbia for
crime which he did not commit. 'Let us. I"
concluded Mr.. Engel, repeal this obnoxious
Following Mr.. Engel, Mr.. Adams of Iitch-
held, moved the previous question, saying
that While great many speeches might be
made, they would have no effect but to waste
their minds all made up. The vote was tax
en- on motion to postpone indefinitely the
bill abolishing the death penalty. Those in
favor of hanging voted YEA those opposed
may" This is the vote.
YEAs-Allen, Aver, Billings, Carleton, Clark of
5angor Conden, Ferguson, Field Foster Hall,
Harper, Head, Lufkin, Manley, O'Brien, Noble
Palmer, Randall. Russell, Scott, 'Wught-21.
NAYS-AdamS Alden. Alexander, Barker. Ben
nett, Boynton, Bowker, Bradsh, Bradley Brown
Bryant, Burns ,Ch2se of Edgecomb, Chase of Dam
arscotta, Clark Of Caribou, Clark of Cloutier, Cor
on,Cushlng Dawson, Dickey, Doten, Dow, Engel,
Eels, Farrar, Floyd. Fogg, Friend, Clifford, Giov-
er. Hamilton of Gouldsboro, Hamilton of Cum
pmerland, m, Harding OF Durham, Hawkes., Hayden,
Jordan. Judkins, Levensaler, Libby of Malta
wamkeag Littlefeld of Prospect, Lombard.
OF Deering, Nealley, Newbert Parcher, Pow
ers, Purrinton of B0wdoin, PurintOn. of Bow
doinham, Ray, Reynolds, Roberts of Brunswick,
Falls, Sanborn of Standsh, Sharp. Shaw, Silby,
small Spinney, Vaughan, Narney, Wakefield,
Wedgewood, Weymouth Wentworth, Whitmore,'
Widbqr, Wiley, Wilson, Wiswell, Witham, Wood
ABSENT OR NOT vorrNe-Beal. Bishop. Clark
Of Calais, Cook, Quits, Dority, Gaynon, Greene,
Greer, Harding of Gorham, Harrington, Jones,
KSeegan. kidder, Knapp, Libby, of Bumham, Lit
ueheld Of Rockland, Mallett, Marble, Marston,
Morrill,, Packard, Pattangall, Poole Pierce, Pray
Richards, Kicker, Ross, Sawyer, Seaman Smith,
Buxton, Watts, Waugh Whtcomb, Wiggin-4o.
The Liquor Bill in Difficulties.
The liquor bill has not passed through
so smoothly as was anticipated by its friends
On its passage to be enacted in the Senate
yesterday, Mr.. Libby of Penobscot had it
laid on the table. There was one part of the
bill that had not been thoroughly discussed,
and that was the very important part relat-
ing to druggists. One section of the bill has
this provisions
Druggists and apothecaries may keep alcohol in
reasonable quantities for compounding medicines,
but not for SALE Any Intoxicating liquor other
dpotheodries d1l or upon their premises qchen
taken fls connection aotth the payment of goU-
eT7lDlent tar dealer in tntoIicdtina liQtor
SHAH be prtfled f0eie eCidence that said Iiqat0rs
are intended for sale In vioIatton oftdp.
Now it was asserted in the Senate today,
and the assertion seemed reasonable to the
majority of the senators, that this provision
might cause the Imprisonment of every rep
utable druggist in the State. The internal
revenue laws allow liquors to be kept for
cOmpounding medicines, but there are pre-
scriptions, authorized by the United States
Dispensary and the Pharmacopaa, which
cannot be put up without the United States
internal revenue license. United States rev.
enue officials anG the courts have so held.
And today Senator Sleeper of AndroscoEgin
read to the Senate the following prescription
written for patient by prominent physi-
clan Of Portland Under the new law the
druggist who should put up this prescription
might be imprisoned. This is the prescrip-
tion:
Compound Tincture of Gentian 3o
syrup OF GingeI.... ...-...............1 or
Wmskey. ............-...-.........2 OF
Mark two teaspoonfuls in water before
eating
Should the officers go into the store of the
druggist who put this prescription up and
seize any whiskey, the druggist would be
dNDfr rod int Nl..s.. IL
would be that he had used the whiskey for
prescriptions, not for selling. But imme-
diately the prosecuting attorney could pro-
duce the application of this druggist for
United States license; and that application,
setting forth that the undersigned intends
to or is engaged in the business of a retail
liquor dealer" would be primd fdcie evidence
against the druggist The only result of the
law would be, it was urged, that druggists
could not put up many of the prescriptions
of all0pat,iic physicians, under pain of i'm
prisonment.
These representations being made, Senator
Gilbert moved, and the Senate voted, 10 to
II, to amend the bill by striking out those
provisions printed in italics in the above ex-
tract; and also by inserting in another sec
tlon which makes the license prinG fdcie
evidence in all cases clause that ''the pay
ment Of said tax by an ap0thecary registered
under the provisions of chap. % of the Re-
yised Statutes shall not be held to be prind
Jdcie evidence as aforesaid against him.
The minority in the Senate, led by Senator
Weymouth, held that no exceptions should
be made for the druggists. The House has
| yet to act on these amendments.
The Trustee Process.
The bill abolishing Imprisonment for debt
will undoubtedly become law, but the
trustee process will probably remain as it is.
| In the House this afternoon, the bill to abol-
| ish it for all debts under $50 was indefinite
| ly postponed after a very spirited discussion
in which Messrs. Looney of Portland, and
| Noble Of Lewiston, defended the bill and de-
nounced the present law as oppressive. Mr..
| Wiswell who reported the bill neither adj
vocated nor opposed the bill; the judiciary
had reported it, he said, that the House and
Senate might act on it as they saw fit
Messrs Carson of New Sharon, Randall OF
Augusta, Cloutier of Lewiston and Walton
of Skowhegan, were against the bill. They
thought no honest man was often oppressed
By the trustee process, while to repeal il
would give full swing to all the beats" and
"bummers" in the State. There was some
disinclination on the part of the House t.
have a yea and nay vote taken, but Messrs
should go on record This is the vote, the
motion being to postpone Indefinitely the
bill:
YEAs-Messrs. Alexander, Aver, Billings, Bra
| ulSil, bryant, carleton, IUdSe OF Dam
ariscotta, Chase Of Edgcomb, CLARK ofCaribou
Clark of Saeo, Cloutier, Corson, Dawson, Farrar
Ferguson, Floyd, Fogg. Foster, Friend, Hamil
ton Of Gouldsboro, Hawkes., Hersey, Hodgkins
Judkins, Kingsbury, Levensaler, Libby of Mat
tawamkeag, Lttlefeld of Prospect, Mason
Moore OF Deerng, O'Brien, Nealley Palmer
Powers, Purington of Bowdoin, Purinton O
Bowdolhham, Randall, Ray, Kicker, Robert
OF Brunswick, Roberts of Dexter, Ryder Sar
born OF Island Falls, Sanborn Of Standish
sharp, snaw, MN Sturgis, Sylvester Yarney
wood. Whitmore, Wiley, Wright York-5s
NAYs-Messrs.A Adams Alden, Allen Barker
| Bennett, Bowker, Boynton, Brown Burns Clar
! | of Bangor Condor, Cushing Cults Dickey Dotel
! | DOw Eels, Engel, Field Clifford, Glover, Hal
| Hamilton of Cumberland, Harding of Durham
r | Harper, Hayden Head, Hunter, Jordan. Lon
: bard, Looney, Lyons, Manley, Newbert Nobl
! Parcher, Reynolds Russell, Sawyer, Scott, Sill
/ by Small, Spinney,. Wakefield, Warren OF Win
E low, Wentworth, Weymouth, Widber, Wilso
/ Wiswell, Witham, Woodman,.52.
' op Clark of Calais, Cook, Dority, Gagno
|, Greene, Greer. Grlndle, Harding OF GorhaI
/ Harrington, Hobson, Horrigan, Jewett, Jone
/ Keegan. Kidder, Knapp, Libby OF Burnhal
d Lufkin, Mallett, Marble, Marston, Moore Of Ga
i diner, Merrill, Packard, Pattangall Plerc
!, Poole, Pray, Ross, Richards, Seaman, Smlt
4 Talbot, Thurlow, Watts, Waugh, Whitcom
/ Wiggin,-4l.
I The bill will go to the Senate tomorrow
!, A well-informed Senator tonight said tn
9 the Senate would pass it and send it back
]. the House.